Harness attachment.



" No. 857,916. PATENTED'JUNE 25,1907.

3. A. ADAMS.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT. APPLIGATION FILED mu a, 1906.

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- A TTORNEYS BERT A. ADAMS, OF POMONA, KANSAS.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed May 3,1906. Serial No. 15.017.

T u/lfiwhmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT A. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pomona, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Harness Attachment, of which the following isa specification. I

This invention relates to harness and its object is to provide anattachment for connecting a crupper strap to hip breeching so that thetwo straps will be held fixedly in proper relation to each other and thebreeching will be prevented from movingupon the crupper but can at thesame time be readily disconnected therefrom.

The invention consists of a plate adapted to be secured to the hipbreeching and having grooves extending transversely therein to receivethe crupper straps, said grooves being provided with strap engagingdevices. A retaining spring or keeper extends over the grooves andserves to hold the straps in proper relation.

The invention also consists of certain other novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view showing the device and strapsassembled; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.

Referring to the figures by numerals of ref erence, 1 is an arched plateadapted to be secured by means of rivets 2 or in any other suitablemanner to a hip breeching and this plate is provided adjacent its centerwith grooves 3 which extend transversely of the late and divergerearwardly, each groove aving an upstanding lug 4 upon the bottomthereof at the center. A retaining spring or keeper 5 is secured at itscenter upon the plate 1 and between the grooves and this spring restsclose to the lug 4 and has its ends normally seated in recesses 6 formedin the plate 1 between its ends and the grooves 3. The central portionof the spring 5 is preferably enlarged as at 7 so that it will not beweakened by the insertion of securing 5o screws 8:

The device herein described is adapted to be secured upon the breeching9 by means of rivets 2 and the crupper straps 10 are disposed within thegrooves 3 with the lugs 4 projecting into openings therein. Spring 5bears upon the straps and holds them within the grooves and inengagement with the lugs and therefore said straps and the breeching areheld in fixed relation to each other. By raising the ends of the springthe crupper straps can be disconnected from the plate.

The device is very simple and very inexpensive in construction and canbe readily connected to a harness, and will be found particularlyserviceable in that it prevents the breeching from sliding backward uponthe crupper.

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment for harness comprising a plate having a strap receivinggroove extending transversely therein, a strap engaging lug withinthegroove, and a resilient keeper secured upon the plate and extendingover the lug and groove.

2'. A11 attachment for harness comprising a plate having diverging strapreceiving grooves therein, strap engaging lugs within the grooves, and aresilient keeper secured upon the plate between the grooves andextending over said grooves and lugs.

3. An attachment for harness comprising a plate having diverging groovesextending transversely therein, strap engaging lugs within the grooves,a resilient keeper secured at its center upon the plate between thegrooves, said keeper extending across the grooves and over the lugs,said plate having recesses constituting seats for the ends of thekeeper.

4. In a harness the combination with a hip breeching; of a plate securedthereon and having a groove extending transversely therein, a lug withinthe groove, a resilient keeper secured upon the plate and extending 7across the groove and over the lug, and a crupper strap within thegroove and engaged by the lug, said strap being retained by the keeper.

5. In a harness the combination with a hip breeching; of a plate securedthereon and having diverging transversely extending grooves in one face,lugs within the grooves,

crupper' straps Within the grooves and engaged by the lugs, and aresilient keeper secured upon the plate and bearing on the straps abovethe lugs, said plate having recesses constituting seats for the ends ofthe keeper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoa'ffixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

BERT A. ADAlNIS.

Witnesses:

FRANK E. DYER, SAMUEL E. RICHARDSON.

